EP 1347374 A2 20030924 - Method and apparatus for processing branch instructions in a pipilined processor
Title (en)
Method and apparatus for processing branch instructions in a pipilined processor
Title (de)
Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Bearbeitung von Verzweigungsbefehlen in einem Pipelineprozessor
Title (fr)
Procédé et dispositif de traitement d'instructions de branchement dans un processeur à pipeline
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 36650902 P 20020321
- US 20079002 A 20020722
Abstract (en)
Methods and apparatus in accordance with the present invention enable introducing a plurality of instructions into respective stages in a multistage processing pipeline; and prohibiting execution of only those one or more instructions already in the pipeline that should be skipped to effect a forward branch.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G06F 9/30069 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 9/3885 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (applicant)
- US 5799180 A 19980825 - SHIELL JONATHAN H [US], et al
- US 5838961 A 19981117 - SMITH ALAN G [US]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1347374 A2 20030924; EP 1347374 A3 20070606; JP 2003280897 A 20031002; JP 3749233 B2 20060222; US 2003182541 A1 20030925; US 6988187 B2 20060117
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 03251808 A 20030321; JP 2003080374 A 20030324; US 20079002 A 20020722